Algorithms Contract Job Trends in the North West

Algorithms
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Algorithms in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Algorithms over the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 102 138
Rank change year-on-year -31 +36 +36
Contract jobs citing Algorithms 3 16 8
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.13% 0.68% 0.28%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.38% 2.34% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 13 7
10th Percentile £190 £363 £433
25th Percentile £236 £425 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £323 £488 £486
Median % change year-on-year -33.85% +0.31% -9.58%
75th Percentile £411 £506 £700
90th Percentile £457 £522 -
England median daily rate £550 £613 £625
% change year-on-year -10.20% -2.00% -10.71%

All Generic Skills
North West

Algorithms falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 787 685 832
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 34.41% 28.95% 29.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 544 359 563
10th Percentile £268 £293 £257
25th Percentile £363 £379 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +2.15%
75th Percentile £575 £564 £600
90th Percentile £656 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 27 39
10th Percentile £15.80 £17.56 £16.20
25th Percentile £19.29 £21.15 £21.18
Median hourly rate £31.36 £32.50 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -20.73% +88.25%
75th Percentile £52.50 £52.75 £51.88
90th Percentile £70.93 £89.70 £74.00
England median hourly rate £27.52 £52.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -47.59% +16.67% +75.03%

Algorithms
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Algorithms relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Algorithms job vacancy trend in the North West

Algorithms
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Algorithms.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Algorithms in the North West over the 6 months to 21 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Algorithms in the North West

Algorithms
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Algorithms.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Algorithms

Algorithms
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithms within the North West region over the 6 months to 21 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester -13 2 £399 -17.36% 27
Lancashire - 1 £180 - 7
Algorithms
England

Algorithms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure AKS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) NoSQL
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
1 1 (33.33%) Hibernate
1 1 (33.33%) JPA
1 1 (33.33%) Kafka
1 1 (33.33%) React
1 1 (33.33%) Spring
1 1 (33.33%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) AI
1 1 (33.33%) Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) Clean Code
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
1 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Data Science
1 1 (33.33%) Database Optimisation
1 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 1 (33.33%) Event-Driven
1 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
1 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
1 1 (33.33%) Microservices
1 1 (33.33%) OOP
1 1 (33.33%) Predictive Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Statistical Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Databricks
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft